Following the approval by the DVB Steering Board for TS 101 154 V2.3.1 – ‘Specification for the use of Video and Audio Coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream’, ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) has officially published the DVB specification as an ETSI standard. The timely move by ETSI facilitates the necessary […]
A grouping of mobile communications companies has announced collective support for the acceleration of the 5G New Radio (NR) standardisation schedule to enable large-scale trials and deployments as early as 2019. Making the announcement on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, SK Telecom, Vodafone, Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, BT, Telstra, Korea […]
Suggesting that a move to upgraded technology would foster innovation in the broadcast TV marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on a proposal that would allow television broadcasters in the US to use the ATSC 3.0 ‘Next Generation’ broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. According to the FCC, ATSC […]
Ingrid Deltenre has resigned as EBU Director General and will step down from her role in the summer. As Director General, Deltenre has led the EBU through a period of unprecedented change and transformation in the media landscape. “It has been a privilege to lead the EBU over the last eight years,” she declared. “With […]
At its 85th meeting, the DVB Steering Board approved updates to TS 102 809 “Signaling and carriage of interactive applications and services in Hybrid broadcast/broadband environments” introducing an authentication mechanism to help prevent ‘Man in the Middle’ attacks in Smart TVs supporting interactivity. This update was triggered by a security researcher demonstration showing that it […]
An in-depth review of the commercial television broadcasting business by research and consultancy firm BIA/Kelsey indicates that the investment large and medium market US TV stations are considering making in the ATSC 3.0 standard would be recouped within three years. The report, The Business Case for ATSC 3.0, examines ATSC from a business perspective by […]
The Philippines has selected Japan’s ISDB-T transmission standard for its introduction of digital terrestrial TV. However, the transition period has slipped from 4 to 6 years. One of the benefits of the ISDB-T system is that can carry an Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS) and used frequently in Japan for earthquakes, tsunamis and related catastrophes. […]
Members of trade body the UHD Alliance, meeting at European Broadcasting Union (EBU) headquarters in Geneva recently to assess the current status of the UHD market, have noted that HDR (High Dynamic Range) has emerged as one of the key drivers for sales of UHD devices. “Ours is a unique organisation, with all of the […]
TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G will support 1Gbps data throughput rates. Combining 5G with other networking enhancements and technologies would allow operators to support TV-equivalent services which could eat into the […]
Simon Fell, Director of the EBU’s Technology and Innovation Department, has been elected to Chair the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) for a two-year term (2017/18). The WBU brings together the world eight broadcasting unions in matters of common interest. The elected management team for the WBU-TC is Simon Fell (Chair), Amal […]